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Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list

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On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 03:32:31PM +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:42:57AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Somebody has written on the general topic but what I had seen was
> > not in the debian.org hierarchy. What I had seen accommodated
> > multiple ISO9660 DVD images in a single directory without using loop
> > mounting. Once found I'd like to see it reference in Section 4.3 of
> > "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide".
> 
> Hm. There are ways to access iso9660 without mounting it
> (libiso9660, for example), but I don't think apt follows
> that path (glad to learn something new).
> 
> Is there any special reason you want to avoid mounting?
> 
> Cheers
>  - t

If you _really_ want to have one .iso to mount - this is where the 16G .iso
or the BluRay sized disks help - one image that holds a larger chunk of the 
whole archive.

apt-cdrom will effectively read the index(es) off the .iso of what packages 
there are and will cache that. If you have multiple DVDs, it will prompt you to 
change them - so, actually, you could mount the DVD images in separate 
directories under /media as individual mount points and then run apt-cdrom 
to index them all with Tomas -d switch, as outlined above.

For me - I find that a netinst - and internet bandwidth - is all that I need
but I recognise that that's not everyone's cup of $BEVERAGE.

All best, as ever,

Andy C.

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Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-12 21:50 +0200
  Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-13 11:40 +0200
    Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-13 12:00 +0200
      Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-05-13 12:50 +0200
        Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-13 13:50 +0200
          Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-13 15:40 +0200
            Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-13 17:10 +0200
            Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-13 17:10 +0200
              Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-13 17:20 +0200
            Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-05-13 17:50 +0200
              Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-13 19:00 +0200
                Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-05-13 19:40 +0200
                Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-05-13 21:20 +0200
                Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-13 21:20 +0200

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